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Flood Risk Assessment (FRA)

A Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) is an essential evaluation that identifies potential flood hazards and assesses their impact on a specific site, whether for residential, commercial, or infrastructure development. Required by planning authorities and regulatory bodies, an FRA helps homeowners, developers, and businesses understand their exposure to flooding and take necessary measures to mitigate risks. A Flood Impact Assessment (FIA) goes further by evaluating how a proposed development may influence flood patterns in the surrounding area. These assessments are crucial for obtaining planning permission and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations. Our expert consultants provide comprehensive Flood Risk Reports, delivering clear, data-driven insights tailored to your site’s needs. Through detailed Flood Risk Studies and Flood Risk Analysis, we assess historical data, topographical surveys, and hydrological models to recommend effective flood mitigation strategies. Whether you need an assessment for new construction, property purchases, or regulatory compliance, our expertise ensures you make informed decisions while protecting your investment from flood-related risks.

Keeping Your Head Above Water…
Service Type:
Preliminary
Service Level:
core
Professional flood risk assessments in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Flood risk reports and cost available in the UK.

The effects of flooding can be devastating!

Climate change is also making flooding more severe and increasingly common across the UK.

At Abbeydale Geoscience we will help determine whether your site is at risk of flooding and what mitigation, flood resistance or flood resilience measures can be put in place to help protect it against the impacts of flooding.

You’ll need a Flood Risk Assessment if you have a site within an area designated as Flood Zone 2 or Flood Zone 3, or a parcel of land over 1 hectare in area in Flood Zone 1.

We provide Flood Risk Assessments that are in accordance with National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) guidance and look at multiple different potential sources of flooding and how these might affect the site.

Assessing the risks of flooding and the cost associated with it. A graphic of a North Yorkshire house surrounded by water.

Robust And Honest Flood Risk Assessment Reports

At Abbeydale Geoscience we like to make sure that we provide a thorough assessment of all of the available information, that’s why we carry out a site walkover as part of our Flood Risk Assessments & obtain historical maps of the site & surrounding area.

It’s not just flood level information that’s important when looking at the potential for flooding at a site, it’s a culmination of the hydrology, hydrogeology, geology, topography and history that all come together.

Flood risk assessment service and reports in Yorkshire. A drain is overflowing. Understand the cost of flooding.

Moving Forward Together

We like to engage with regulatory bodies such as the Environment Agency at any early stage. Having a meeting can sometimes be very effective at allowing us to discuss potential flooding issues at a site and find pragmatic solutions that can be taken forward to design stage.

Working With You To Mitigate Flood Risks

As part of the process we work with our clients to see if there is any way of moving development to areas of the site where there might be a lesser chance of flooding, or tweaking the proposed layout to put less vulnerable uses in areas of highest flood potential.

Sometimes it’s the smallest things that make the biggest difference!

We are proud to offer our Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) across Yorkshire and the wider United Kingdom

Do you need top quality, cost-effective, geotechnical and geo-engineering services, near you? Do you like working with a small but professional local business? Do you want to be treated like a human being and not an invoice number? Do you want to work with people who genuinely care about your site or project?

We thought so and we look forward to working with you!

Abbeydale Geoscience operate across the entire Yorkshire area and the wider United Kingdom. Below is a list of some of the many areas locally that we provide and have provided our Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) services. We are proud of our heritage as a small West Yorkshire based business.

West Yorkshire

  • Wakefield
  • Leeds
  • Bradford
  • Huddersfield
  • Halifax
  • Dewsbury
  • Pudsey
  • Pontefract
  • Castleford
  • Ossett
  • Morley
  • Brighouse

North Yorkshire

  • York
  • Ripon
  • Harrogate
  • Scarborough
  • Northallerton
  • Whitby
  • Selby
  • Skipton
  • Knaresborough
  • Filey
  • Pickereing
  • Tadcaster

South Yorkshire

  • Sheffield
  • Rotherham
  • Doncaster
  • Barnsley
  • Wath upon Dearne
  • Bentley
  • Wombwell
  • Chapeltown
  • Maltby
  • Mexborough
  • Thorne
  • Stainforth

East Yorkshire

  • Kingston-upon-Hull
  • Bridlington
  • Beverley
  • Goole
  • Cottingham
  • Hessle
  • Driffield
  • Anlaby
  • Hornsea
  • Pocklington
  • Willerby
  • Withernsea

Need Some Help With Flood Risk Assessment (FRA)?

There are so many reasons why Abbeydale Geoscience are the perfect choice for Flood Risk Assessment (FRA)... but we'll just list a few:

  • Honest, friendly and down to earth service from a team who care about you and your project. We're sure you'll find this refreshing in this day and age!
  • Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) carried out to a professional level by an experienced and robust geoscience team. We do it all, without any cutting of corners.
  • We provide what you need and nothing more. We don't do upselling or pushing services you don't require. We would much rather have a valued client's loyalty and repeat business.

A first class Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) service

Get in touch now. Are you looking for the highest quality geotechnical and geo-environmental services near you? Just use the contact details below. Ask us about our professional Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) service.

Professional flood risk assessments in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Flood risk reports and cost available in the UK.

Working Hours

Monday to Friday: 9am – 5pm

Office Address

4 Neville Street, Wakefield, WF1 5EF

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